The scheme was debated during a meeting of the overview, scrutiny and performance board at County Hall, where calls were made to extend it further.

Councillor Richard Udall, the board’s chairman, said: “My big concern is that the criteria is too tight – I for one have had people come to me and ask for support to be retrained, but I’ve been unable to support them because you can’t help an individual.

“I’ve had requests from businesses I can’t support too.”

Other councillors disagreed with his view and said they were happy for the rules to stay the same.

But I must disagree with the chairman, if an individual wants training surely there are other institutions which can help, and the same goes for businesses.

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“My guiding principle is to give small amounts to as many organisations as possible, and to do it in such a way that they don’t get a lifelong commitment for more, so for example, sports equipment for clubs, which tend to have a long shelf life.”

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Councillor Bob Banks said: “This is an excellent scheme which has, by and large, operated with a minimum level of bureaucracy.”

The remaining £23,701 unspent from the last financial year has now been rolled forward into 2014/15.

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coun Pollock seems to think that we can't see the local party politics being played out here with these funds, and he definately thinks we are all idiots, or part of the two tier intelligences the Tory's think are out there, and they of course are the superior ones. You only have to monitor the majority of the schemes that the money is spent on to see the politicians playing to the voting gallery. However any monies that come from Worcestershire County Council, possibly gained by dramatically reducing the previous tiny allowances that volunteers got towards postage or room hire when continuously there were no rooms available at County Hall. So perhaps the picture that David Cameron has by "We are all in it Together" is quite different to the picture here at County Hall where the CONservatives are squeezing the unpaid volenteers, many of who are paying out of their own pockets to continue with their voluntary work. It is recognised that for every £10 put into the voluntary sector you get £100 back in value. So if that £600, 000 councillors vote allowance perks were put into the voluntary sector you would have return of £6 millions not just a few happy voters for the councillors. It is nothing more than political electioneering. I think that Coun Pollick and other CONservatives forget the Webb Cam at County hall which is verbatum, and recorded.

coun Pollock seems to think that we can't see the local party politics being played out here with these funds, and he definately thinks we are all idiots, or part of the two tier intelligences the Tory's think are out there, and they of course are the superior ones.
You only have to monitor the majority of the schemes that the money is spent on to see the politicians playing to the voting gallery.
However any monies that come from Worcestershire County Council, possibly gained by dramatically reducing the previous tiny allowances that volunteers got towards postage or room hire when continuously there were no rooms available at County Hall.
So perhaps the picture that David Cameron has by "We are all in it Together" is quite different to the picture here at County Hall where the CONservatives are squeezing the unpaid volenteers, many of who are paying out of their own pockets to continue with their voluntary work.
It is recognised that for every £10 put into the voluntary sector you get £100 back in value. So if that £600, 000 councillors vote allowance perks were put into the voluntary sector you would have return of £6 millions not just a few happy voters for the councillors. It is nothing more than political electioneering.
I think that Coun Pollick and other CONservatives forget the Webb Cam at County hall which is verbatum, and recorded.Jabbadad

coun Pollock seems to think that we can't see the local party politics being played out here with these funds, and he definately thinks we are all idiots, or part of the two tier intelligences the Tory's think are out there, and they of course are the superior ones. You only have to monitor the majority of the schemes that the money is spent on to see the politicians playing to the voting gallery. However any monies that come from Worcestershire County Council, possibly gained by dramatically reducing the previous tiny allowances that volunteers got towards postage or room hire when continuously there were no rooms available at County Hall. So perhaps the picture that David Cameron has by "We are all in it Together" is quite different to the picture here at County Hall where the CONservatives are squeezing the unpaid volenteers, many of who are paying out of their own pockets to continue with their voluntary work. It is recognised that for every £10 put into the voluntary sector you get £100 back in value. So if that £600, 000 councillors vote allowance perks were put into the voluntary sector you would have return of £6 millions not just a few happy voters for the councillors. It is nothing more than political electioneering. I think that Coun Pollick and other CONservatives forget the Webb Cam at County hall which is verbatum, and recorded.

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